LiDAR data isn't perfect, and the research team notes a few caveats to their findings. One is the prevalence of rockpiles, or "chich" mounds," which do not appear to be residential structures.
The research, published in the journal Antiquity, involved an analysis of LiDAR data covering parts of Campeche state—an understudied corner of the Maya world. LiDAR, or light detection and ...
In this case, the lidar data was originally collected over a decade ago, for completely unrelated purposes. The scans were completely in 2013 by the Mexican firm CartoData, using a Riegl LMS-Q780 ...